White Sox win, split series with Guardians as Dylan Cease continues his dominance

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Dylan Cease insisted simply trying to win and help the Chicago White Sox turn around a season that began with soaring expectations is enough motivation for him.

As for not being selected for his first All-Star Game?

"I'll take any chip on my shoulder I get," he said.

Cease threw six innings in his third straight scoreless start, Leury García and AJ Pollock homered, and Chicago beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Sunday to salvage a four-game split.

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Dylan Cease #84 of the Chicago White Sox pitches in the first inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 24, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.  (Photo by Chase Agnello-Dean/Getty Images)

Eloy Jiménez went deep in his second straight game, helping the White Sox end a series that was shaping up as a bad one for them on a stronger note.

The reigning AL Central champions rolled into the break by winning three of four at division-leading Minnesota. They hoped this series against the second-place Guardians would help keep pushing them toward the top.

It didn't quite play out the way they wanted.

They got outscored by a combined 15-6 in losing the first two games, then blew a 3-0 lead in the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader. The third-place White Sox regrouped to win that one 5-4. On Sunday, they jumped on Shane Bieber (4-6) and finished a stretch of 19 straight games against division opponents at 10-9.

Chicago scored five in the second on García’s two-run homer and Pollock’s three-run drive. Jiménez made it 6-0 when he connected leading off the sixth.

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